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...Burton testified that "his first intimation of how the picture looked came one day in October, 1934, he said, when at least fifty members of the Exchange met him upon his return from lunch, showed him the result, and made him the butt of ribald remarks and jibes. He was so offended, he testified, that he neglected his work for several days...

Author: By Whang Poo., | Title: Off Key | 1/13/1937 | See Source »

...Burton is a gentleman jockey, he has unusually tender feelings, to be forced to neglect his work due merely to ribald jibes. And if he is a gentleman he should feel a good deal more humiliated at having spend over two years grubbing for some money in reparation for something that was nobody's fault but his own, and that he had no business getting in for in the first place...

Author: By Whang Poo., | Title: Off Key | 1/13/1937 | See Source »

Playing his part with enormous gusto against handsome Dutch sets, Actor Laughton dominates Rembrandt, gives one of his finest performances at a dignified pace which well befits the life of his noble, if somewhat ribald, model. Best shot: Sonorous Painter Rembrandt rolling off a long, sensuous soliloquy defining Woman, while the mouths of stolid Dutchmen flap open and servant girls go glassy-eyed with dreams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 14, 1936 | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...Peppers," in which an indignant, third-rate English variety team gives a provincial theatre a ribald Saturday night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Three Triples | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...eleventh in Motion Picture Herald's star-rating, Mae West is still one of Hollywood's highest paid ($150,000 per picture) celebrities, unique in two respects: 1) She writes her own scripts. 2) While other producers are trying to be dainty, she tries to be ribald. In Go West Young Man, derived from Lawrence Riley's play Personal Appearnace, her efforts are, as usual, successful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 23, 1936 | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

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